The estimated and actual figures may differ but minor discrepancies will not affect the visa application.

The amount includes tuition, fees and living expenses for one academic year (fall and spring semesters)

This amount is for the first year of study at Penn.

Summer expenses are not included.

The financial information will appear on your I-20 or DS-2019.

The financial document(s) you provide must equal or exceed the financial requirement for your program.

The amount shown on your I-20/DS-2019 may be less than the amount you have provided on your financial statements. The I-20/DS-2019 only needs to show you have funds for the estimated cost for your program.

FAQs

Penn does not automatically issue I-20s or DS-2019s to its admitted students. You must apply for the document.

If your application for admission is successful, you will receive an email with instructions to apply for an I-20 or a DS-2019. We encourage you to apply for the I-20/DS-2019 as soon as you receive these instructions.

If you did not receive the email or you do not have a 9-digit admission ID, please notify your Penn admissions office or department.

If you are not able to login to the online application system, this is most likely because the admission office has not yet uploaded the admission record into iPenn, verifying that you have been admitted to Penn.

Please contact the admission office directly and urge them to inform ISSS of your admission immediately.

If the admission office already uploaded your admission record in iPenn, please verify the date of birth with the admission office.

After you log into iPenn and choose "Yes" to the question about SEVIS Transfer, you will see the Transfer In Request Form.

Follow the instructions on that form in order to have it completed by the International Student Advisor at your current US institution.

The I-20/DS-2019 will be created for you once:

ISSS has received your I-20/DS-2019 Application

The Transfer In Request Form has been completed and

After the SEVIS record is released to Penn by your current institution.

After arriving at Penn you must attend a mandatory document check-in and orientation session at ISSS within 15 days of the program start date listed on the Penn I-20/DS-2019. Failure to complete the transfer process as described will jeopardize your immigration status in the US.